Monday 14 March 2011

Chosen Producer - Pendulum


Pendulum



Style - Live Band - Drum and Bass , Electronic Rock


The LA Times (“The electro-rock band evokes the Prodigy's sense of screaming, face-crushing bombast with savvy beats straight off the contemporary low-end-heavy zeitgeist”).


History - http://www.pendulum.com/about.htm


Introduction


Band Members

Rob Swire (vocals/synth/producer)

Gareth McGrillen (bass guitar/DJ)

Perry ap Gwynedd (guitar)

Paul 'El Hornet' Harding (DJ)

KJ Sawka (drums)

Ben Mount (MC)


http://www.myspace.com/pendulum


Pendulum’s mission has always been to pull together their production resources, ideas and influences from various styles of music, to create a new sound that they felt was missing from dance music.


Pendulum Influences - Various styles of music that they felt was missing from Dance music.


Influenced - Drum and Bass into Radio Electronic Rock stars through Dj Sets & concerts.


Production Techniques - Big Bass / Drum sound / Loud prominent guitars.


Big Live shows, playing synths as well as musical instruments.


Significant in Drum & Bass, and now regularly on Radio. More commercial sound but sticking to their Drum & Bass roots.


Video Links


Old Style - Slam http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWnpwV63KiY&feature=fvwrel


New Style - Watercolour - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tEPB7uzKuh4&feature=fvsr


Live - Tarantula @ Brixton Academy London - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sjpGid7sSWs&feature=related




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